How times change!

Yesterday's government critics are now its strongest defenders, while its founders are being vilified as scaremongers likely to frighten off investments.

This is the scenario playing out between the current Treasury Cabinet Secretary, an expert borrowed from the opposition's Orange Democratic Movement, and Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro, who, just a few weeks ago, was the chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee.

The two antagonists, who are now serving reversed roles, have started trading jabs in what promises to be an interesting ideological duel.